Weekly Report - 14 November 2024 (WR-24-45)

To Ecuador’s security and energy crises add a political crisis to the mix.... Read More

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro named 18 agents of peace this week, comprising prominent former leaders of the demobilised paramilitary group, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC).... Read More

No sooner had former president Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) celebrated her coronation as president of Argentina’s main opposition Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists) last week than she suffered a significant legal setback when a federal court upheld a conviction of corruption against her.... Read More

The government led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has come under pressure due to rising inflation, which some experts forecast will breach the upper limit of the annual inflation target range set by the central bank (BCB).... Read More

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña and senior officials from the Brazilian government, such as Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, attended the two-day Expo Paraguay-Brasil 2024 business conference in Luque, in the Asunción metropolitan region, last week.... Read More

BRAZIL | Carbon market bill passes hurdle.... Read More

Mexico’s central state of Querétaro is not typically associated with the high violent crime rates that plague neighbouring states such as Guanajuato, Michoacán, or Estado de México (Edomex).... Read More

Mexico’s right-wing opposition Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) has chosen Jorge Romero as its new leader, as the party pledges to turn over a new leaf after the disappointment of June’s elections.... Read More

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced it is investing US$1.45bn this year in its two manufacturing plants in Baja California and Guanajuato states.... Read More

Haiti’s interim prime minister Garry Conille has lasted just six months in the job.... Read More

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has unveiled his government’s proposed social security system Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) reform package.... Read More

Guatemala’s government led by anti-corruption reformer President Bernardo Arévalo is seeking to bring a criminal complaint against former president Alejandro Giammattei (2020-2024), over a corruption case involving one of his close allies, the former head of the national electrification institute (Inde), Melvin Quijivix Vega.... Read More

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) this week declared the proclamation of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as the victor in July’s presidential elections as “illegitimate” and urged the international community to make a concerted and coordinated effort to advance a “democratic transition” in the country.... Read More

“He is totalitarian.... Read More